Canada Wood trains Korea building engineers

Wednesday 13 Dec 2017

Canada Wood Korea Provides Seismic Design Solutions for Architects,
Engineers and Builders - Korea used to be considered as safe from
earthquakes. However, a 5.8 magnitude earthquake, the strongest one seismic
recording began in 1978 in Korea, occurred in September 2016. Since then the
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT) has strengthened the seismic
design requirements and soon the requirements will be extended to 2 storey
buildings and houses.

In response to growing needs for seismic design solutions, CWK organized the
Seismic Design Workshop with local and overseas lecturers: David Joo (PE,
President of King Engineering, Canada), Sang-sik Jang (Professor of Chungnam
National University, Korea) and Damon Ho (PE, Engineering Supervisor with
Simpson Strong-Tie, USA).

The three speakers have introduced Mid-rise Wood Construction in Canada
focused on seismic design, Simplified Seismic Design Method for using OSB
sheathed shearwalls and North American Lateral Force Provisions and Seismic
Design Method respectively, providing seismic design solutions for various types
of wood frame buildings.

The workshop was attended by more than 170 architects and designers, engineers
and builders showing growing interest in seismic design and wood construction.